Antonio Gamoneda

1931 / Oviedo

[Feeling for your unconfessable skin]

Feeling for your unconfessable skin, your skin anointed by the sadness of snakes; I can make out your invisible concerns, your heart's cold trail.

I would have noticed your bloody sash, your weeping between window panes, and not the yellow of your wound,
but my dream lives under your eyelids.
Translated by Forrest Gander
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